Razer CEO: Brace for laptop price hike due to component costs

Companies are struggling to keep up with rising consumer demand for products as the pandemic has spurred more people to switch their lives online. — Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash

Razer’s CEO Min-Liang Tan has indicated that the prices of its gaming laptops will increase next year as a global chip shortage pushes up the price of components needed to manufacture devices.

Tan tweeted: “Just had a long meeting to review our gaming laptops line for next year – looks like there are significant increases in component costs etc and we’ll be seeing price increases for next gen gaming laptops across the board (including the @Razer Blade) next year.”